Futian Elementary School

Futian Elementary began in November 1962 as a branch campus of Xingang Elementary, becoming an independent school in August 1965. Like many small rural schools in the Liudui area, it faced steep enrollment decline, dropping to just 31 students at its lowest point. Rather than close, the school was transformed into a KIST (KIPP-inspired) public-commissioned experimental bilingual school in partnership with the Chengzhi Education Foundation. Under principal Lu Ting-yu and a foreign co-teacher, Veronica Magay, the school rebuilt around three pillars — Learning, Character, and International Perspective, summarized in its vision "富有心田" — and enrollment rebounded to about 120 students within two years, drawing families from across district lines.

富田國小前身為民國51年（1962年）11月設立的「新港國小豐富分校」，於民國54年（1965年）8月獨立設校。如同許多六堆地區的鄉村小校，富田國小也曾面臨嚴重的少子化與人數銳減危機，最低曾只剩31名學生。學校並未因此裁併，而是與誠致教育基金會合作，轉型為KIST（借鏡美國KIPP理念）公辦民營雙語實驗學校。在校長盧亭妤與外籍協同教師Veronica Magay的帶領下，學校以「富有心田」為願景，圍繞學習力、品格力、國際力三大主軸重新出發，兩年內學生人數回升至約120人，甚至吸引跨學區家庭遷入就讀。